Students with special status

Students who demonstrate significant achievements in the fields of sports, arts, and culture, as well as students with special needs, may obtain special status during their studies at the University of Ljubljana. This status is regulated by the Rules on Students with Special Status at the University of Ljubljana.

Status of students with special needs

The following students may apply for the status of a student with special needs:

• blind and visually impaired students or students with visual impairments (e.g. partial or complete loss of vision),
• deaf and hard-of-hearing students (e.g. partial or complete hearing loss),
• students with speech and language disorders,
• students with specific learning difficulties (e.g. difficulties in reading and writing such as dyslexia, etc.),
• students with physical disabilities,
• students with long-term illnesses,
• students with autism spectrum disorders,
• students with psychosocial difficulties.

Status of a top-level athlete / coach

Students who are categorised athletes or coaches are students who, alongside their studies, actively participate in competitive sports and achieve significant sporting results, or students who act as coaches of categorised athletes.

Conditions for obtaining the status of a categorised athlete/coach:

• categorisation confirmed by the Olympic Committee of Slovenia or an equivalent certificate from abroad,
• top-level achievements at the national or international level in sports disciplines,
• official appointment of the student by a national sports federation or club as a coach or assistant coach, with direct involvement in the preparation and implementation of programmes for categorised athletes, confirmed by the relevant national sports federation or other competent sports body (e.g. a club),
• top-level achievements of athletes with disabilities at national or international level.

Status of a recognised artist

Recognised artists are students who, alongside their studies, engage in artistic or cultural activities of national or international significance.

Conditions for obtaining the status:

• membership in a national or international association or federation in the field of arts and culture,
• authorship of or active participation in the performance of a public artistic or cultural work.

Status of students participating in (field-specific) international competitions

Students participating in (field-specific) international competitions are those who, within or alongside their studies, take part in international competitions related to their field of study.

Condition for obtaining the status:

• participation in at least two (field-specific) international competitions in the field corresponding to the study programme in which the student is enrolled.

Status of a student parent

A student obtains the status of a student parent if they have a child who is not yet included in compulsory schooling and/or if a child is born to them during their studies.

Student parents whose child is born during their studies are entitled to an extension of student status for one additional year per child.

The status of a student parent is proven by a birth certificate of the child or other appropriate proof of birth.